Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
January 17, 2006
Submitted
January 24, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
30028
Aircraft time
16,656 hours, 4,409 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Part
Pump
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Eng Fuel
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

RETURNED TO SFO DUE TO RIGHT ENGINE FUEL FILTER EICAS MESSAGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP. SHOP TEARDOWN REVEALED THAT THE PUMP HAD INTERNAL DAMAGE AS THE RESULT OF A MISSING THRUST WASHER. ALTHOUGH IT COULD NOT BE PROVEN CONCLUSIVELY, BASED ON THE PUMP TIME, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE THRUST WASHER BROKE APART, RATHER THAN BEING OMITTED AT ASSEMBLY.